Charles Ellet Jr.

Charles Ellet Jr. (1 January 1810-21 June 1862) was a US Army Corps of Engineers colonel during the American Civil War.

Biography
Charles Ellet Jr. was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1810, the brother of Alfred W. Ellet. He originally worked as a civil engineer who designed and built major canals, bridges, river improvements, and railroads, but, when the American Civil War broke out in 1861, he became a colonel in the US Army Corps of Engineers. He designed and commanded a ram ship at the First Battle of Memphis in 1862, and he was mortally wounded and died 15 years later, the only casualty during the battle.